Alpine skiing-Italian Brignone leads after combined first leg
Italy's Federica Brignone built a comfortable lead in the speed leg of the women's combined event at the World Ski Championships in Meribel, France on Monday.
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Alpine skiing-Shiffrin nears Stenmark's record but says his legacy is safe
Mikaela Shiffrin is one win away from equalling Ingemar Stenmark's decades-old mark of 86 World Cup victories but while she may displace the Swedish great in the record books the American said she cannot "surpass his legacy".
Emotional Townsend savours Calcutta Cup hat-trick
LONDON : Gregor Townsend spent his Scotland playing career trying and mostly failing to beat England, but as a coach he has turned the Calcutta Cup on its head as Saturday's 29-23 victory marked the Scots' best run in the fixture for more than 50 years.
Grenier, Crawford lead Canada into world alpine ski championship in France
Jack Crawford and Valerie Grenier lead Canada's alpine ski team into the world championship starting Monday in Courchevel and Meribel, France.
Alpine skiing-Odermatt beats rival Kilde in Cortina
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt took his third super-G win of the season on Saturday when he was fastest down the slopes of Cortina D'Ampezzo in Italy, beating Norwegian rival Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by a little more than a third of a second.
Alpine skiing-Swiss one-two in Schladming giant slalom
Switzerland's Loic Meillard won the men's World Cup giant slalom under lights in Schladming on Wednesday, with fellow countryman Gino Caviezel second fastest down the foggy slopes in the Austrian Alps.
Greatness is in the eye of beholder, says Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin may be closing in on Ingemar Stenmark's record for the most Alpine skiing World Cup wins but said on Wednesday that she might never eclipse the Swede when it comes to who is the greatest of all-time.
Alpine skiing-Unstoppable Shiffrin extends her record to 84 wins
:Mikaela Shiffrin took a record-extending 84th women's Alpine skiing World Cup victory on Wednesday by completing a back-to-back giant slalom double in the Italian resort of Kronplatz.